Technology is constantly advancing, and in an academic context, the need for updated technology is great. An academic library offers many helpful resources and services to students. The goal of our project was to develop a mobile application for the George C. Gordon Library to facilitate the delivery of several heavily used services and resources. Efforts included a substantial amount of both comparative research and technical exploration prior to development. A WPI student survey was conducted additionally to determine which resources and functions would be of value in a library mobile app. Five resources were selected for implementation: occupancy tracker, tech suite booking, library hours, library chat, and news & events. Preliminary designs, including themes, layouts, and user flow, were developed to inform the production of an operational, usable, and relevant product. Due to time constraints, prototyping and production of the functional application were not completed. Recommendations were provided to the Gordon Library to facilitate the development of an operational mobile application to be approved on major app stores for public use.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Yasuna, Oliver
• Muirhead, John
• Scanlon, Brandon

Subject

• Innovation
• Infrastructure
• Sustainability
• Community
• Learning
• Industry
• Computing
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030722-090045
• 49951

Advisor

• Ostapowicz-Critz, Lori J.

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities

Date created

• 2022-03-07

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright